Epistle to the Trallians 11The reality of Christ’s passion.

Ignatius · The Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume I: The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Philip Schaff

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But if, as some that are without God, that is, the unbelieving, say, that He only seemed to suffer (they themselves only seeming to exist), then why am I in bonds? Why do I long to be exposed to the wild beasts? Do I therefore die in vain? Am I not then guilty of falsehood against [the cross of] the Lord?